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Definition of Ashcroft, Dame Peggy in English:

Ashcroft, Dame Peggy

proper noun

(1907–91), English actress; born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft. She made her name on the stage with a number of Shakespearean roles, and won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the film A Passage to India (1984).